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I^arttral SNOW FLARES. „ Hark! the wild north wind la frolicking, Mid the leaves thaUitrsd low,' And Tin watching, I’m watching, For the first falling of the snow.” Tlie clouds look dark nnd thrcat’nlng, And chilling winds does blow j yvt to mo there's something cheering, In (ho soft puro flakes of snow. I love to see them dancing, So lightly in tho air, On every rtdo they’re glancing, uicnrfl mragmjfo i»o», «uuLluir. x ‘. They hid us Book for.happiness Around (lie liomelftvalilo; ; Where busy hands, and loving, hearts, ; Make the moments swiftly-glide. Then our qufet winter evenings, When seated round the hearth ; With books, —or music ringing, Hearts tilled with joy and mirth. So none of us feel lonely, -Bat all rare comfort take ; Ami watch with joy each falling Of tliu'suft pure suow-flako. Thanks! to our Great Creator, Who all our wants provide; Oh! may wo all remember Him, Around (hat homo Urosidu.—— Bkhtha fcnllnncoiijj, From the Courier dti JEfa't Unis. THE POISONED BOQUET. A STOBT OF TUB ITALIAN OPEBA. ** Madame La Grange, after accomplishing Vtr first brilliant success in the concert room, had made, hut a short time previous to our story, her debut on the stage w ith an eclat which gave ample promise of the rich renown her name has since borne. The second engage mint she made,in her lyric carter was at Pavia, where her you thful talent completely eclipsed the reputation of a rival songstress, engaged at the same time. Each icpresentation was at once a new triumph,to her, and a new defeat to the lady who shared with her the persona lion of the leading parts. This overwhelming superiority against which there was no remedy, it up in the soul of the vanquished artist, one jf those j(jalousies, which, as it proceeds, in ux-aww Into bitterness, and is transformed into i furious thirst for vengeance, no matter at ivhat price or by what means. There are still furious passions in these Ilal an brains on which the sun casts its hot glnfl as on tho Shularailc of sacred song. The irima donna, whose name we refrain from giv ug, is a proof of their existence. She was one of those dangerous syrens whoso well got up charms dazzle and fascinate the iumginationff Dfyouths.ol' twenty. NjnsvPavia, fci'wo know', is the seat of a University, aud it is not a matter of much difllculty to find a noug the students, ardent and ready for every Iforiug folly, a blind instrument to associate in ImT dark designs. The youth whom she fixed Jajn to carry out her project was a native of Sfetiice, a city celebrated for its 'mysterious m.yds of vengeance and of love indulged at tlie »iut of the dagger, lie was of high birth aud IBmfiiderable fortune, allied by name and blood Sot only to nobility, who arc hut a memory, But to the Church, which Is a power of Venc- Ban Lombard Provinces. aOh, she. was a clever woman, this! She anew how to chouse her man, and having chos him, knew' how' to make him fulfil her pur- Bokc. Tlie young Venetian, enveloped in her Bet, lost all conscience. !Iu ended in having Blither sight our sensation except what came ilirough her, and by degrees reached that point [lf madness in which his passion would slay at Bio crime. Thu moment fur action had come. Now every earning of representation, Mad mo La Grange reaped lier harvest of flowers mi wreaths, und among the to juets which Ml i her feel wns one of small dimensions, but omposed of moss rosscs, whose fragrance was ft. her an especial Joy. This faithful tribute as invariably tendered to her after the andan- : of the grand cavatina of Nahucco, an opera Inch then set the crown, in all the absorbing terest of novelty, upon tho growing fame of erdi. Ordinarily, Madame La Grange fixed 0 boquet jn her girdle, after having drawn om its perfume a new inspiration on which to rotp away all opposing feelings. One night it happened tho boquet was more luminous than usual. The moss roses, ar nged in a circle, formed the ring round a not green leaves which occupied tho heart.— Ilia unusual bulk, rendering it difficult to ace the flowers in their accustomed spot in r girdle, Madame ll« - Every one accustomed to vfiit the asyjum in Columbus, from five to fifteen years ffgo, has observed a most, singular genius, known to his acquaintcnccs by the self-appropriated title of “Bishop George,” or the “Birihop,” as he was more commonly called. This unfortunate man had a fine physmal form, with a enormously large developemcnt of the lovopf dominion. It is by no means unlikely that! lie might have been a Bishop in reality, if hejhml not been a lunatic. The fact, that even ip liis lunacy, he claimed the title of ‘ Bishop” ao pertinaciously that all his acquaintances, oven his insane com panions conceded his claim', jmd were quite willing to do so, rather than iisk the conse quences of disputing a point.of so much im portance to In in, ’may be rtfgarilcd as some ev idence that the natural tcndcudtfi of Ins mind were in Dial direction. I The “Bishop’s” propcnsilicsjfor discussing theological questions, were most/uncomfortably active, and it is even possible (hat Ins capacity for such discussion was not inferior to that of some persons who«havc operated in a wider sphere. ’ ! ' ' The superintendent of the asylum, Dr. Awl, who also officiated as chaplain at the lime re ferred to, was accustomed to relate a vcry,droll story, illustrating the “Bishop’s** propensi ties for religious disputation. On a certain occasion, when Dr. A. was conducting services for the instruction of the inmates, the “Bish op” interrupted him suddenly, telling him to sit down, and let one preach who knew how. Tho doctor slopped a moment, hoping to quiet his opponent without Uie neccKsli&cl nfoiovina himself df (his paufo.'anndlfnced AKroipcivwhtefr was the oft-repeated one, t, H r A6%i i he did fare know, them he did also predestinate.” lie be gau by saying he had hitherto both an Armen ian in sentiment, and had been accustomed to teach and defend those doctrines; bit had late ly become a uorvert to the Calvaqistic creed, and thought it his duly to lose no tjrtm (n an nouncing the change In his bcntimcnlir. Hav ing made a fow remarks explanatory of his text, ho requested his auditors/ to giro special attention to a passage he would quote from kho writings of Solomon, and which appeared to him to prove tho doctrine of predestination be yond all controversy. The text was, *• He is better to dwell m a house lop, than with a brawling woman in o wide house. 1 * This ter minated the gravity of the assembly, tho pa tience of the doctor, and the “Bishop’s” dis course. This incident in onr hero’s history will serve lo introduce him to the render, and show that he was tho man for an emergency. And now for Dr. Patterson’s story, winch is a good deal more serious and important than tho one just related: A young theological student had been brought to the asylum in a slate of alarming cerebral excitement. He preached all the tlm4, a dozen sermons a day, and as many more at night.— The usual remedies had failed to reduce Ids ex citement, and the ease was considered a dan gerous one, Under these circumstances the physicians determined to try an experiment.— They brought him into the “Bishop’s” apnil ment, a portion of the inmalts having nssem• bled for tho occasion, and introducing the young man to the congrcgralion, told him he might, if he pleased, give them a discourse.— The result anticipated, immediately followed. Tho “Bishop” sprang forward, and would have put nn end to the ministerial operations of his rival in a very short lime, had he not been ar rested and held by the attendants. That,how ever, did not prevent him from stamping and vociferating In tho most furious manner, say ing, “Sit down, sir, you are out of your place —this is my congregation:” at the same time the young theologian, being encouraged by tho physicians, and told to go on, begged his audi lo pay no attention to that crazy old man, but listen to what ho hod to-say. And then fol lowed a scone such os is seldom witnessed, ei ther in or out of lunatic hsylums. Jf*or a full hour, the rival preachers used their lungs with as much diligence and energy os possible,each at the same time, doing his utmost, to get'the attention of the audience, and break down the inliuenco of his competitor. At tho end of a» bout an hour, tho young man burst Into tears, fell in a fainting slate, and was carried to his room. lie did not attempt to preach again while in the asylum; remained only a few weeks, and was discharged cured.— New Chunk Herald. A PniiKNOLOOisT PosßD.—An Itinerant phrenologist stopped at a rustic farm house,the proprietor of which was busily engaged in thrashing. •Sir, lam a phrenologist; would you like to have me examine the heads of your children? I will do it cheap.* •Wtll.’said the farmer, pausing between two strokes, ‘I raythcr guess they don’t need it. The old woman combs ’em with a tine tooth comb onco a week !’ [E7“ Jacob’s ladder, says bishop Reynolds, which convcyeth to heaven,may hare its foot in the smoking cottage; and there may bo a trap-door In a stalely palace which may let down below. (ET* The editor of a cotemporary is so thin that only ono of Ids political opponents can blackguard him at the same time. They draw lota fur chances at him ! ’ ffT* When onco Infidelity can pcrjiuado men that they shall die llko boasts, they will soon bo brought to live llko boasts also. j All other. knowledge is hur(lul to him who has not the science of honest and good na ture. Volunteer; on wrong, ocr country." SSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1855. ling Poif. A Touching Incident. A little girl, in the family of my acquaint ance, a lovely nnd precious child, lost her mo ther, at an age too early to fix the loved fea tures in her remembrance. Sire was os frail os beautiful, and ns the bud of her heart unfolded, it seemed as if won by ihnt mother’s prayer to turn Instinctively heaven-ward. The sweet, conscientious, prayer-loving child was the idoi of the bereaved family. She would lie upon the lap of the friend who took a mother’s care of her, and winding one wasted arm about her neck would say : “Now tell me about my ma ma !” And when the oft-told tale had been repeated, would softly ask, “Take me into the parlor, I want to sec my mamma.” The re quest was never refused, and the affectionate” child would tie for hours, contentedly gazing on her mother’s portrait. But \ “Pale and wan she grew, ond weakly, Bearing all her pain so mockljt That to them she still grew dearer, ' As the trial hour grew nearer. That hour at last, and lbc\ivropmg to see the little one die.— The dew of death was already on the flower as ils life’s sun was going down. The little chest heaved faintly, spasmodically. “Do you know me. darling ?” soblxd close in her car the voice that was dearest; but it awoke no answer. All at once a brightness, as if from (lie up per world hurst over the child’s colorless coun tenance. Tho eyelids flashed open, (he lips parted, the wan. cuddling hands flew up. in the little one's last impulsive effort, os she looked piercingly into the fur above. “Mother.” she cried with surprise and tran sport in her tone, and passed with that breath into h*T mother’s bosom. Exercise in Ihe Open Air. From the Harlstenc’s expedition to the Po lar Sea, we extract the following: i “Naturehas qualified man to breathe an at-) mospherc 120 degrees abo\ c zero, or 03 below j it. a difference of 183 degrees, without injury j to health: and the doctrines of physicians that great and sudden changes of temperature arc injurious to health, is disproved by recorded fuels. There arc very few Arctic navigators who die in the Arctic zone; it is the most | healthy climate on the globe to those mlioi breath the open oir. We have among our ns- i socialc observers one who observes and the changes of temperature in Australia.where j the temperature rose to 150° at 3 o’clock.P.M. and next morning at f) was down to 40° —a change of 75° In 14 hours; there the people are healthy—and another at Franconia, N. H. where the changes arc the most sudden, the most frequent, and of .the greatest extent of any place with which 1 am in correspondence on the American continent; and yet there is no town of its size that has so great a proportion of ils inhabitants who pass the age of three score years and ten. It is the quality of the changed air that constitutes the difference that physicians notice, and not to tcmeralure.” ;. - - in AadralhL_--_ ! Ifetrjjtjjp f 1 1 V 'cou Alry/fiPcms ibeYavodUoJiomc. of insect iifdi “insects hcro-aro endle9s;ifTnura bers and form. Many arc most singular and curious, but tho ants, the flies, the centipedes.'l and the scorpions arc a terrible nuisance. The I bite of all these is severe and venomous. There is a red spider, too, whose bile is said lo bo I deadly ; but the nnis are (he most numerous, next to the flics. They cover the whole surface of the ground. I might almost say of the whole Colony . of all colors and sizes, and almost eve ry vanity of them stings keenly* Nor; is it the ground only on which they swarm ; there is not a log lying on the ground, not a tree standing in the forest, up and down which they are not creeping in myriads. Trains of them are constantly ascending lo the top. most twigs of the loftiest gum trees, two hun dred and fifty feet high, and other trains des cending. They appear to be the main cause of the prevalent hollowness of (he trees, ns they pierce to the centre of the youngist ones, and eat out and make their nest in their hearts They the wood of the boughs, so that im mense arpis fall with a sudden snap, just ns if ihov had been cut ossundcr by an axe. The [ other cut down n young stringy-bark • tree, and split it to make some trestles, and the heart of it was all eaten out and occupied by ants. These insects, many of them an inch long, fierce 1 )’ contest the ground with us when we arc pitching our tents in any fresh place. • and their sling is os severe as that of a wasp. 1 , Tiik Eftbcts or Frau.—Thu extraordinary ! power exerted by fear over the human mind . was exhibited at Vienna, in a remarkable man- [ ner, a few days ago. Dr. ,an emenenl I physician in Vienna, obtained leave from the (oca) authorities to try his experiments upon the person of a prisoner who hud boon condom n«d to dentil. According, an offer was made to the individual in question, holding out the promise of the remission nf lus punishment, if he would consent to pass the night in the bed of n patient who four hours previously had been earned ofl by cholera. The prisoner con sented. and was put to bed, and after the ex piration of three hours or less he was seized with violent vomiting, and all the attendant Symptoms of cholera. He was attended im mediately by several physicians, and ultimate ly (being a man of strong and vigorous consti tution, was completely resume!. Ihs astonishment was great when informed that the bed was perfectly clean and pure, and that no cholera patient had ever lain there. Skju r.n tiiku Hiaiir.—A number of young ladios wero out walking in the country and met a gipsoy woman who offered, for half a dollar n piece, to show them their Allure husband's faces fn a pool of water that was near. In their frolic thov agreed lo It, and paid her the money, the more readily as she promised to refund it if she did not fulfil her engagement. The girls wero !od , to the water, each anxious to gel a sight of her ’intended, hut Instead of the form and faco they expected, they saw only their own rosy chocks and laughing eyes below. “ Surely you nro mistaken, woman,” said ono of thorn,«*wo see nothing but our own faces in tho water.” “ Very true, Mias,” replied (ho gipsy, “ but will not those ho your husband’s faces when yon are married V* There was no disputing this, and the girlssny they wore neatly taken in, promised each other not to (oil of it, and in (ho course of an hour tmd laughed over thojoko in half a dozen gay cir. oles, where they heard only this remark, “Good enough for you—served you right.” (Ey* Tbo umbrella men in New York hove been compelled lo 111 out a dozen whalers for the purpose of pelting whalebone enough to keep up their business. The ladies have pul tho whole stock on hand Into their petticoats. tE/MVhat arc political platforms?' asked an old lady. •Oh,’said her worscr half,'they are plat* form scales ; on which President's are weigh ed.' lE7” He lives well that lives In peace. AT 82,00 PER AKKUM. NO, 29, How America wag formed, ami Itic consc of the Flood. Clark Mills, of Washington, slates that the fountains of the great deep being broken up, the waters must have retired in great agitation to the cast and went from the sides of the ris ing continent. The various opposing currents caused immense deposits to be made, and the rush of water, with the flaming ocean beneath, generated an immense evaporation. The winds! which, before this moved from cost to west a round the globe, weresuddcntly obstructed by the lowering burning mountains. They rolled back ns if astonished at the new phenomena, laden with the vapors of a boiling ocean. The douds. in the sublime evolutions moving in of the waters to the oast and west from America, met in awful array over the Old Y There they discharged their burdens, the vapors descending for forty days, and after the earth revolved ISO limes in her cumbrous mantle, the waters retired to the Caverns from , whence our continent arose. SentimtiUullsm. Miss Swisshelm, m nuticing the publication of a new love story, says : j “All that stufTnbout woman’s love has been said over and over again a hundred thousand limts. to (lie great detriment of the best inter ests of humanity. There is no kind of necessi ty for using the press to persuade silly girls that it is very romantic and womanly to love a scoundrel—to leave her affections unguarded by reason or experience, and drift helplessly into sin. shame and despair, as an evidence of her unsuspecting womanhood. • It is not trne that woman's rflectini.s arc any stronger or, more durable than man s. We think the opposite is the case, and that two thirds of all the women who pine away or die of love, do so for the want of something better to do. Everything calculated to make love sickness a fnnuiinc acquirement is a gnat in jury : hut to strew the path of the suicide wiih the flowers of poesy and romance, is in a degree reprehensible. “The best motto to guard young girls thro' the mazes of love is ; ‘Do right, and trust in God.’ A young girl who has done no wrong. has little cause to mourn over the lickl.m-ss of a pretended lover. Jtettcr he should change his mind before than nfier marriage. 1 ’ This is the best piece of common sense we 4iavc ever hoard uttered on the subject. [TT" It i-> an astonishing thing h«nv little a matter will sometimes disconcert a man who is accustomed to sneak in public, and to have Ins thoughts about linn, and ready at command on almost all occasions. ‘1 was once opening a cpccch from the slump,’ said a distinguished Western political orator to ns recently, 'and was to warm with my subject, when n remarkably clear and deliberate voice spoke out behind me, saying: •Guess ho wouldn’t: talk-qtHtc so hifnlu lin’ if he knew that his trowuers was bu’sl clean out behind !’ •From that moment I couldn’t 'gel on.’ The . .people ip front began-to laugh, and there was a loud,roar in my rear, and I damTnot reverse : l»y ; pAltftm , lbrfcal , «f Imring n'ncvr-audience of- rayVdhdftfon. “X made or richer invented Inn excuse for delay, sal down. The ma licious scoundrel J* - continued the orator; *lt was only a mean trick after ail. There was nothing under heaven the matter with my un mentionables !’ A Rich Scexk. —Yesterday constable Miller went will) a search warrant to It>ok for some stolen goods. After some examination they were found in the possession of a bouncing ser vant gul. 'Hie property consisted principally of articles of dress, among which was a fine worked collar. This t lie officer determined to gel in his hands, but the girl pul it in her mouth and 'shut down on it.' The constable determined not to be fooled in that way, run bis finger in the girl's mouth in order to puli out the collar, when she opened, and taking his finger between her teeth, crushed it almost to a jelly. The officer not liking that trap, jerked out his finger, and the girl swallowed the collar. This ended the search, ns Mr Mil ler concluded tht collar was then beyond his jurisdiction. Healthy girl, that, and fond of delicacies. — Terre Haute Eiprtss. Mrs. Partixuto.v at a Sondat Conckrt. “Who is ihntf” said Mrs Partington, in a big whisper, at the Music Hall, on Sunday night. during the performance of the oratorio of Solomon. ••That's Solomon,” said the one she ad dressed. lapping out the tune on his thumb, with the libretto. ••And these in front,” said she, pointing lo the ladies on tho platform, “arc .some of his seven hundred wives. I s’poso, and the men up behind 'em, must be the children of Israel.— Well. Solomon must have been a wi»e man to know bow to lake care of so many wives, but he wasn't any better than he should be, if all stories are true. Ah, wl.al blessed music that in to be sure! How much better than that folks [hears on week a-rtnys in play-houses, played I on godless fiddles!'’ She reated herself in nn attentive attitude listening 10 the music, while Ike sat counting the new gns lights lound Ihe hall, and drum ming ■•Jordan” on the arm of the settee. Wrinkles—‘lt is said lo have been solisfnc lorily demonstrated, that every time ft wife scolds her husband, she adds a wrinkle lo her face. It is thought the announcement of this fact will have a most salutary effect, especially as it is understood that every time a wife smiles on her husband it will remove ouo of the old Wrinkles.’ (Tv* The New York Dutchman says that whoever wishes to get along in tho world has only to take a few lessons of a hen chasing a grasshopper. With a long neck and sharp eye. lake a tew hurried steps. stop short, peep over, peep under, now to the left, now to the right, one flutter and ft rnsh.nnd (lien you have him. That’s the way its done. (CT ‘Have you ever broken a horse?’en quired a horse jockey. ‘No. not exactly, 1 re* piled Simmons, ‘but I bavo broken three or four wagons.’ [H7* Tho following laconic epitaph, carved upon a Spanish tombstone, should bo remem bered. ‘1 was well—tried to feel better —look physic and hero 1 am.’ ‘You ask and you receive not, because yoiitak a-miM," said a young lady to an old gentleman who had popped tho question to her. ‘Will you take' something ?’ said n tee totaller to Ins friend, while standing near a tav ern. •I don’t care if I do.' was tho reply. ‘Well,’ said Frank, ‘let’s take a i calk!' 017* “Why dont your father take a newspa per?” said a man to a little boy whom he caught pilfering his paper from his door step. “Ooz, ho sends me to take it, answered th urchin. Anecdote of Gen. Jacfaioa. At the Bonth-west',~tHe people yarns of Gen. Jackson; of fits daring, loVo of justice, and the prompt way of administering “that drticlc,” when no foUQdit necessary; I was on the Mississippi-last summcivwbfefi-I heard the following story which never. having seen in print, I send you for the benefit of the readers of the Spirit of the Times t The General, then Judge WIWJ Mld mg court—long time ago—iti A sharitce at it little village in Tennessee and dispensing ins lice, in large and small doses, os seemed to him to bo required in the case before him. One day during court a great bulking fellow armed with pistols and bowie-knife, took it upon himsdf to parade before the Shanleo Court House and d —a the Judge, Jury, and all there as sembled. in good set terms. . ‘.Sheriff,’ sung out the Judge, in tone, ‘arreit thdt rahn for contempt or Court and confine him.’ Out goes tho.Shbrifl. but soon returned with word to the judge that hd bad found it impossi ble to take the offender. . *Snmmon a posce then,’ said the Judge, ‘and bring him before me!’ The .sheriff put out ogairt. but the ta£)c frji* difficult ; ho could not, or dared . not loy hit hands on the man, nor did any of the posce like the job any better than he did, as the fellow threatened to shoot the first '‘skunk*’ that came within ten feet of him. At this, the Judge waxed wrathy, to have hi* authority put at defianCe before. all the jgoeUcr go over the whole sermon again, which he did. The next Sunday the peoplo kept a* wake ‘on the first rending.’ •' My wife is very attentive to the pigs,” aald a gentleman tho other day, In tho presence of several ladles. “That accounts for her attachment to yon,'’ responded one of tho fair damsels. Pretty sharp joking that. BIT* An Irishman was once brought before * magistrate, charged with marrying six wivci.’ The magistrate asked him how ho could be 80 hardened a villain. ‘Please ycr honor, I was trying to gel a good uu’. [£/“ Suspicious tailor to suspected cuslo •Mnko you a coat sir ? Oh,’yea, sir, with tho greatest pleasure. There, just stand in that position, please and look right upon that sign while I take your measure. 1 Sign reads, ‘Terms Cosh.* yy I wonder what makes my eyes so weak? asked a gentleman of a lady, who was a blt bf a wag. ‘Why.’ she replied, ‘I suppose it is becatn they are in ft weak place.’ ,i*.